Xiang Jing graduated in 1988 from the affiliated high school of the Central China Academy of Fine Art (CAFA) then went on to graduate from the CAFA's Department of Sculpture in 1995. She is currently teaching at the Fine Arts College of the Shanghai Normal University's sculpture workshop. Her graduation project "Lucky Charm", now in the collection of the CAFA, was given the first class award at the CAFA graduates exhibition and from Japan's Matsuoka Family Foundation. Her work "Empty Room" was selected for China's most important annual art exhibition the '9th National Exhibition of Fine Art' where it received a commendation; she has entered works in many domestic/foreign joint exhibitions, solo exhibitions such as "Daydream", "The Works of Xiang Jing", "The Woman in the Mirror", "Keeping Silent" and "Your Body". Her artworks are now in several internationally renowned collections such as those of the Beijing Contemporary Art Gallery, the Shanghai Art Museum and the Saatchi Gallery. Today Xiang Jing is one of the leading representatives of China's younger generation of sculptors.